Development and Validation of an Emergency Department Electronic Medical Record Gout Flare Alert.

Lesley E JacksonNarender AnnapureddyMegan E HansenKenneth G SaagJames BoothGiovanna RosasPhillip J FosterAmy MudanoDongmei SunJohn D OsborneTim BongartzErik HessColleen LawrenceLeah DunkelMaria I Danila

Published in: Arthritis care & research (2022)

Our multi-component gout flare alert had reasonable sensitivity and specificity, albeit a modest positive predictive value. An electronic gout flare alert may help enable the conduct of gout research in the ED setting. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keyphrases

emergency department
uric acid
clinical decision support
metabolic syndrome
electronic health record